1996-97 Minnesota Timberwolves Game Log (Advanced)

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Record: 40-42, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Flip Saunders (40-42)

Executive: Kevin McHale

PTS/G: 96.1 (17th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 97.6 (17th of 29)

SRS: -1.82 (18th of 29) Pace: 90.7 (13th of 29)

Off Rtg: 105.5 (17th of 29) Def Rtg: 107.1 (15th of 29) Net Rtg: -1.6 (17th of 29)

Expected W-L: 37-45 (17th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +15000, Over-Under 26.5

Arena: Target Center Attendance: 697,727 (14th of 29)

NBA 1997 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (0-3) versus Houston Rockets (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Table
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1996-11-01		SAS	W	82	78	92.6	88.1	88.5	.311	.108	.487	47.4	58.1	6.8	20.3	.439	17.6	22.5	.230	.458	18.4	75.0	.167
2	2	1996-11-03	@	LAL	L	85	91	93.1	99.7	91.3	.220	.159	.473	44.0	67.6	7.7	9.0	.433	14.3	26.7	.171	.506	20.3	64.1	.139
3	3	1996-11-05	@	PHO	W	98	95	113.5	110.1	86.3	.523	.123	.613	44.0	62.9	7.0	8.5	.569	16.7	23.3	.369	.475	13.2	57.8	.222
4	4	1996-11-07	@	POR	L	94	95	94.0	95.0	90.6	.301	.118	.446	46.3	44.4	8.0	17.2	.403	7.9	23.6	.204	.419	16.6	77.5	.350
5	5	1996-11-10	@	LAC	L	70	81	78.7	91.0	89.0	.400	.067	.397	45.8	26.1	7.9	12.0	.313	14.5	25.0	.307	.366	14.6	66.7	.256
6	6	1996-11-12		POR	W	100	97	108.2	104.9	92.4	.468	.101	.525	51.8	69.4	8.7	15.8	.481	13.6	34.9	.304	.442	12.8	69.0	.359
7	7	1996-11-14		DAL	W	100	90	100.3	90.2	99.7	.274	.095	.531	52.2	62.5	11.0	19.1	.482	17.5	30.2	.226	.426	18.0	71.4	.259
8	8	1996-11-16	@	NYK	L	79	82	86.9	90.3	90.9	.384	.110	.463	43.7	51.9	9.9	2.0	.390	20.5	27.9	.301	.516	26.6	67.9	.250
9	9	1996-11-19	@	HOU	L	93	122	95.0	124.6	97.9	.181	.223	.458	45.1	76.3	8.2	9.8	.441	11.4	25.9	.106	.617	13.7	73.0	.272
10	10	1996-11-21	@	ORL	L	86	90	98.9	103.5	87.0	.284	.162	.517	41.0	58.8	9.2	11.3	.486	11.7	20.0	.189	.438	14.3	58.1	.235
11	11	1996-11-23		LAC	W	98	96	112.5	110.2	87.1	.515	.136	.605	58.0	62.9	8.0	13.1	.545	21.4	46.7	.394	.471	13.5	66.7	.429
12	12	1996-11-25	@	WSB	L	98	105	98.1	105.1	99.9	.267	.221	.510	55.1	41.7	3.0	10.0	.465	18.6	32.7	.209	.500	12.8	82.5	.296
13	13	1996-11-27		SEA	L	98	106	102.4	110.8	95.7	.282	.212	.513	48.0	71.1	11.5	14.5	.476	15.9	27.5	.200	.563	17.1	71.4	.347
14	14	1996-11-29	@	DEN	W	108	103	113.5	108.3	95.1	.506	.117	.573	52.8	46.2	6.3	10.9	.526	14.5	35.1	.351	.507	18.3	71.4	.360
15	15	1996-11-30		TOR	W	79	70	92.2	81.7	85.7	.400	.100	.480	49.4	60.7	5.8	10.5	.414	18.8	27.5	.300	.391	20.2	68.9	.232
16	16	1996-12-03		SAC	L	89	96	96.3	103.8	92.5	.317	.098	.476	49.5	51.5	4.3	13.6	.409	15.4	31.7	.268	.411	7.8	63.5	.189
17	17	1996-12-05	@	SEA	L	86	117	91.7	124.7	93.8	.434	.253	.435	51.2	65.5	3.2	4.7	.373	16.8	39.2	.289	.538	11.2	68.6	.388
18	18	1996-12-06	@	UTA	L	95	106	107.6	120.0	88.3	.538	.108	.591	45.3	65.6	3.4	5.8	.508	16.6	20.6	.446	.494	11.3	65.9	.321
19	19	1996-12-08	@	LAL	L	86	110	89.9	115.0	95.7	.182	.182	.452	51.2	57.1	11.5	6.3	.415	20.2	37.0	.148	.577	16.8	68.4	.256
20	20	1996-12-10		HOU	L	94	96	101.5	103.7	92.6	.172	.129	.470	51.2	59.0	5.4	11.9	.452	9.1	31.3	.108	.487	14.3	77.8	.273
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1996-12-11	@	CHI	L	86	103	96.8	115.9	88.9	.159	.134	.490	50.6	71.1	10.1	3.0	.476	17.8	36.4	.098	.538	13.6	67.6	.228
22	22	1996-12-13		PHO	W	108	105	118.5	115.2	91.1	.182	.170	.568	49.3	62.8	9.9	12.7	.528	12.0	37.5	.170	.551	19.2	62.9	.228
23	23	1996-12-14		CLE	L	93	101	121.4	131.9	76.6	.493	.174	.554	51.5	80.0	1.3	4.8	.471	12.5	42.9	.406	.545	8.6	61.3	.221
24	24	1996-12-18	@	GSW	L	96	123	103.2	132.2	93.0	.400	.129	.480	45.7	73.5	11.8	6.8	.412	11.5	35.4	.306	.635	14.5	60.6	.176
25	25	1996-12-19	@	SAC	L	105	112	118.5	126.4	88.6	.468	.177	.551	48.1	64.9	11.3	12.9	.506	12.0	42.2	.316	.507	14.8	55.9	.586
26	26	1996-12-21		LAL	W	103	88	113.9	97.3	90.5	.325	.169	.585	42.0	61.5	9.9	14.9	.545	13.7	22.2	.247	.436	18.9	57.8	.256
27	27	1996-12-23		UTA	W	107	98	126.9	116.2	84.3	.361	.194	.641	46.4	74.4	10.7	8.8	.597	10.7	23.5	.292	.563	14.4	68.6	.236
28	28	1996-12-26		NYK	W	88	80	94.9	86.3	92.7	.500	.206	.530	47.7	64.3	10.8	14.5	.449	16.2	15.0	.397	.422	17.6	75.0	.120
29	29	1996-12-28		DEN	W	103	96	105.5	98.3	88.5	.275	.132	.505	53.8	52.6	11.3	14.1	.445	15.0	40.0	.242	.429	17.9	66.7	.372
30	30	1996-12-30	@	CLE	L	96	108	109.5	123.2	87.7	.377	.319	.597	51.5	63.3	9.1	14.9	.522	19.9	25.7	.348	.629	11.5	78.8	.286
31	31	1997-01-03	@	BOS	W	94	84	90.9	81.2	103.5	.544	.103	.558	47.9	63.6	12.6	14.4	.485	22.9	19.5	.412	.394	18.9	69.1	.061
32	32	1997-01-04	@	MIL	W	97	91	105.3	98.7	92.2	.440	.107	.542	46.2	66.7	7.6	13.3	.460	14.4	24.4	.373	.388	13.2	63.5	.294
33	33	1997-01-07		HOU	L	95	104	106.0	116.0	89.6	.143	.286	.491	45.6	43.2	10.0	15.8	.456	10.2	30.6	.132	.480	15.7	63.4	.408
34	34	1997-01-09	@	NJN	W	110	107	114.9	111.7	95.8	.385	.154	.603	42.6	53.8	7.3	10.1	.551	17.2	31.6	.308	.448	14.1	50.0	.206
35	35	1997-01-11		LAC	W	95	93	108.4	106.1	87.6	.493	.205	.535	44.2	68.8	13.7	11.7	.473	11.9	29.5	.356	.507	19.5	59.5	.211
36	36	1997-01-14	@	ATL	L	93	95	106.6	108.9	87.2	.617	.217	.610	50.0	64.5	6.9	8.1	.550	19.9	26.9	.450	.412	11.7	63.0	.294
37	37	1997-01-15		CHI	L	102	112	116.4	127.8	87.6	.202	.226	.557	46.0	51.2	5.7	11.7	.536	9.9	31.0	.143	.548	8.3	60.0	.108
38	38	1997-01-18		GSW	W	108	93	116.2	100.1	92.9	.325	.138	.591	60.8	68.3	8.6	3.8	.544	16.4	35.1	.263	.528	16.2	86.5	.236
39	39	1997-01-20		SAS	W	96	83	110.2	95.3	87.1	.354	.215	.526	51.3	72.2	10.3	10.2	.506	9.9	27.9	.203	.478	17.6	78.4	.246
40	40	1997-01-21	@	TOR	L	106	118	117.2	130.4	90.5	.303	.247	.525	51.2	64.1	8.8	13.6	.483	9.8	36.7	.225	.633	10.9	72.7	.228
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1997-01-23	@	VAN	W	95	76	100.6	80.5	94.5	.226	.214	.514	58.9	71.1	14.8	8.5	.476	17.8	37.8	.179	.413	19.7	80.0	.125
42	42	1997-01-25	@	POR	L	94	101	103.6	111.3	90.8	.241	.193	.512	46.3	64.1	9.9	12.5	.500	12.4	28.6	.133	.544	17.9	65.8	.190
43	43	1997-01-28		SAC	L	88	91	97.9	101.2	89.9	.179	.154	.523	43.0	64.9	13.3	16.2	.500	16.0	20.0	.128	.476	16.5	61.4	.131
44	44	1997-01-30	@	DAL	W	92	82	102.5	91.3	89.8	.308	.128	.519	51.1	44.1	6.7	10.4	.455	12.8	26.2	.269	.404	15.2	73.9	.244
45	45	1997-01-31	@	SAS	W	97	95	111.3	109.0	87.1	.310	.107	.508	59.2	73.0	8.0	9.3	.446	12.0	40.9	.262	.500	14.8	84.4	.377
46	46	1997-02-02		POR	W	103	102	110.2	109.1	93.4	.643	.114	.573	45.7	54.3	8.6	11.8	.507	10.0	21.6	.457	.435	12.8	65.9	.329
47	47	1997-02-04	@	CHH	L	101	115	110.0	125.2	91.8	.274	.179	.537	47.4	60.5	4.4	4.3	.470	11.3	28.6	.262	.594	12.3	70.6	.165
48	48	1997-02-06		VAN	W	103	86	114.2	95.4	90.2	.480	.120	.567	48.9	54.1	7.8	12.1	.520	11.7	29.3	.333	.460	14.5	65.3	.069
49	49	1997-02-12		LAL	L	84	100	90.2	107.4	93.1	.413	.200	.444	47.3	65.5	6.4	9.3	.388	13.7	27.7	.275	.488	12.7	67.4	.186
50	50	1997-02-14		ORL	W	104	100	117.5	112.9	88.5	.312	.143	.594	52.6	68.4	6.8	14.5	.532	16.3	37.8	.286	.470	11.1	65.9	.250
51	51	1997-02-16		PHO	W	107	96	112.1	100.5	95.5	.364	.156	.599	53.8	73.2	8.4	13.2	.558	14.4	21.9	.273	.440	11.8	76.1	.262
52	52	1997-02-18	@	SAC	L	84	95	86.3	97.7	97.3	.229	.205	.460	46.2	45.5	9.3	7.2	.410	18.0	27.1	.193	.408	12.9	62.1	.153
53	53	1997-02-19	@	VAN	W	84	73	96.0	83.4	87.5	.230	.095	.515	48.8	75.7	10.3	6.1	.500	17.3	25.6	.135	.395	18.2	68.1	.171
54	54	1997-02-21		GSW	W	101	82	104.8	85.1	96.3	.259	.188	.533	44.2	77.5	16.6	14.1	.494	15.2	26.2	.200	.364	18.0	58.5	.163
55	55	1997-02-26	@	SAS	W	108	89	122.8	101.2	88.0	.333	.147	.628	40.8	72.7	12.5	8.9	.613	14.0	24.1	.213	.442	13.4	51.1	.151
56	56	1997-02-27	@	DAL	W	107	105	104.4	102.5	84.8	.307	.250	.536	43.8	62.5	7.8	6.7	.494	13.8	23.9	.227	.462	18.5	62.0	.231
57	57	1997-03-02		CHH	L	96	108	108.1	121.6	88.8	.306	.188	.498	48.7	66.7	6.8	8.7	.471	5.9	22.7	.188	.582	13.8	84.4	.448
58	58	1997-03-05		DET	L	88	92	100.9	105.5	87.2	.176	.176	.480	53.5	60.0	4.6	12.5	.441	10.7	28.3	.153	.469	8.3	82.5	.213
59	59	1997-03-07		DEN	W	96	83	103.0	89.1	93.2	.393	.083	.487	50.5	69.4	11.8	8.0	.440	9.2	27.7	.262	.394	16.6	73.9	.250
60	60	1997-03-09		UTA	L	106	115	114.9	124.7	92.2	.686	.286	.582	45.1	46.9	8.7	10.0	.507	12.5	27.5	.500	.596	15.0	67.7	.282
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1997-03-11		PHI	W	104	100	110.8	106.5	93.9	.630	.178	.558	51.4	53.1	10.6	7.4	.466	12.2	29.4	.493	.513	18.3	72.2	.273
62	62	1997-03-13		SEA	L	92	108	105.8	124.2	86.9	.408	.183	.549	46.6	69.7	3.5	9.1	.500	16.0	29.7	.296	.557	10.6	63.9	.126
63	63	1997-03-14	@	PHI	L	95	109	106.2	121.9	89.4	.455	.208	.514	45.8	66.7	7.8	8.7	.461	12.3	32.6	.312	.525	14.0	62.2	.296
64	64	1997-03-16		BOS	W	119	101	124.5	105.7	95.6	.277	.217	.639	52.2	76.1	8.4	18.6	.614	12.3	27.0	.205	.459	10.3	69.1	.124
65	65	1997-03-18	@	IND	L	97	115	114.3	135.5	84.9	.231	.256	.564	38.8	70.3	4.7	4.1	.519	10.4	23.5	.205	.600	10.7	54.5	.238
66	66	1997-03-19		VAN	W	95	72	103.4	78.4	91.8	.311	.149	.565	61.4	69.2	6.5	16.9	.554	20.0	32.4	.176	.346	13.5	81.6	.198
67	67	1997-03-21	@	DET	L	98	112	105.8	121.0	92.6	.408	.250	.547	50.0	73.5	3.2	1.8	.480	11.8	17.9	.329	.557	8.8	80.5	.304
68	68	1997-03-23		MIA	L	108	113	115.4	120.8	93.6	.432	.210	.560	56.0	76.3	7.5	8.2	.500	12.7	30.0	.333	.607	11.2	85.7	.400
69	69	1997-03-25	@	HOU	L	103	112	109.1	118.6	94.5	.280	.129	.493	53.9	73.2	3.2	4.5	.468	8.7	35.3	.172	.500	9.4	78.9	.383
70	70	1997-03-26	@	DEN	W	102	100	113.6	111.3	89.8	.321	.074	.552	49.3	57.5	8.9	14.3	.506	8.9	25.0	.247	.527	15.9	75.8	.315
71	71	1997-03-28	@	SEA	L	81	92	93.5	106.2	86.6	.203	.246	.539	42.9	75.0	11.5	10.0	.507	23.4	25.7	.159	.464	15.4	55.1	.167
72	72	1997-03-30	@	GSW	W	113	102	119.1	107.5	94.8	.405	.135	.648	45.2	74.4	12.7	10.6	.601	13.0	15.6	.324	.506	17.9	68.3	.232
73	73	1997-04-02		NJN	W	94	89	111.1	105.2	84.6	.194	.222	.601	44.4	71.1	5.9	13.1	.590	16.1	20.0	.125	.455	13.6	61.9	.247
74	74	1997-04-04		WSB	W	97	95	113.9	111.5	85.2	.452	.151	.554	44.4	73.5	9.4	7.0	.486	11.2	27.5	.356	.543	17.4	65.6	.290
75	75	1997-04-06		IND	L	83	94	95.0	107.5	87.4	.284	.189	.499	47.1	78.1	2.3	17.2	.453	17.0	21.6	.216	.508	15.7	75.8	.409
76	76	1997-04-08	@	PHO	L	107	115	111.4	119.7	96.1	.326	.146	.526	50.6	48.7	6.2	5.0	.472	12.8	32.6	.258	.537	10.2	70.7	.346
77	77	1997-04-10	@	LAC	W	108	96	112.1	99.7	96.3	.329	.152	.597	55.3	53.7	7.3	16.4	.551	17.4	32.4	.266	.425	13.0	70.6	.253
78	78	1997-04-12		ATL	L	66	80	80.0	97.0	82.5	.301	.164	.399	44.8	63.6	2.4	13.2	.322	16.2	23.9	.260	.336	10.8	64.0	.382
79	79	1997-04-14	@	MIA	W	95	87	109.1	100.0	87.0	.319	.101	.604	51.5	62.2	11.5	7.4	.565	19.5	25.8	.246	.526	17.4	73.0	.092
80	80	1997-04-16		DAL	L	77	92	95.3	113.9	80.8	.263	.211	.454	48.1	63.3	6.2	9.4	.408	12.4	30.0	.197	.474	10.4	67.6	.231
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1997-04-18		MIL	W	122	112	129.2	118.6	94.4	.317	.171	.653	44.4	75.0	7.4	6.7	.634	12.2	23.5	.220	.555	14.3	69.0	.425
82	82	1997-04-19	@	UTA	L	89	101	94.6	107.3	94.1	.227	.307	.540	48.8	66.7	9.6	8.1	.507	21.8	23.1	.173	.494	14.0	73.2	.325

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